PGA/LIV Golf

[mr.zorak]

Hideki on absolute fire.
Willy going to have to birdie out .

[Thin Red Swine]

Yeah, Hideki decided to go into turbo mode. Three straight birdies three different times in the round. Unconscious.

[jdcatty]

Interesting to see Scheffler marching toward another victory.  As someone on tv just said, he does it in such a boring way.  Drive to a good spot, second shot to green, and make a putt. 

There isn't much, if any, drama to his game.  Just great golf.

[The Whyte Boar]

If he is putting well, he is damned near unbeatable. 

[Spiderham]

If he is putting well, he is damned near unbeatable. 

Best tee to green guy in golf. 
Agree. If he's making putts, it's over. 

[bogeyfree]

Scottie has only made about 16 million dollars on the course over the last 40 days or so.  Not bad work if you can get it.

[The Whyte Boar]

Nobody here is old enough to have actually watched Hogan but it seems to me that on the course at least, Scheffler is the closest thing to Hogan since Hogan.  Heroics generally aren't needed, just amazing consistency.  I would also add that his weakness, like Hogan's, is putting.  Hogan would have won dozens more tournaments and a least half a dozen more majors if he was an even average putter. 

[jdcatty]

I saw another couple of people on X complaining that he was boring to watch.  Doesn't hit spectacular shots, etc.  Well, probably 90% of the "spectacular" shots you see are because the preceding shot got the player in trouble.  Think Phil's shot on 13 from the pine straw at the Masters, or the unbelievable hook Bubba Watson hit at the Masters, etc.  Even Tiger's shot on 16 at the Masters was only possible because he "missed" on the wrong side of the hole.

Scheffler almost never gets in real trouble.

[Thin Red Swine]

I saw another couple of people on X complaining that he was boring to watch.  Doesn't hit spectacular shots, etc.  Well, probably 90% of the "spectacular" shots you see are because the preceding shot got the player in trouble.  Think Phil's shot on 13 from the pine straw at the Masters, or the unbelievable hook Bubba Watson hit at the Masters, etc.  Even Tiger's shot on 16 at the Masters was only possible because he "missed" on the wrong side of the hole.

Scheffler almost never gets in real trouble.

Scottie reminds me most of Tiger, who played fairways and greens with the best of them. He did have a few spectacular recoveries but almost never needed them.

Tiger's a much better putter, at least to this point in their careers.